so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

i’ve been upset with the super furry animals since 2005 when they released love kraft sans dvd, but sadly the band hasn’t looked back since. well this video for sunset rubdown’s “black swan” is taking me back to those late nights spent watching the phantom power or rings around the world dvds on loop. come [...]

for those who have preordered dragonslayer (due out june 23) or those who want to do so, mp3 download codes should be coming from jagjaguwar today, if you don’t have them already. the big question of course was whether sr “paper lace” > sw “paper lace”? after listening to them both repeatedly… my verdict is [...]

mp3: sunset rubdown – wicked/winged things … [buy random spirit lover]mp3: sunset rubdown – up on your leopard, upon the end of your feral daysmp3: sunset rubdown – stadiums and shrines ii …. [buy shut up i am dreaming]
sunset rubdown is at the black cat tonight! if i end up going, it will [...]

new sunset rubdown song, “you go on ahead” from their recent black cab session.

today pitchfork announced the title and release date of the much anticipated follow up to wolf parade’s 2005 debut apologies to the queen mary. it’s called kissing the beehive and is due out june 17. assuming it’s not an early april fools joke, this is awesome news (pitchfork being the only one to report [...]

head on over to daytrotter for their second sunset rubdown session, featuring a new song that didn’t make it onto random spirit lover, a slowed down take on that album’s opening track, and the live staple “three colors”. my personal favorite here is “three colors”, originally recorded by spencer in two parts on the [...]